Attorney – Residential Mortgage Servicing

Bank of America

. Provide legal counsel to multiple Front Line Units regarding residential mortgage loan servicing, including custom mortgage loan products .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeCharlotte • North Carolina • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive legal expertise in residential mortgage loan servicing, including custom mortgage products, regulatory compliance, and legal drafting. Proven ability to provide actionable legal advice and support for high net worth mortgage lending and servicing.

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Active Bar AdmissionLegal AdvisoryRegulatory ComplianceLegal Drafting and WritingMortgage Industry Experience

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Hard Skills

Legal Document DraftingMortgage Loan DocumentationConsumer Banking AnalysisRisk ManagementDodd-Frank ComplianceLegal InterpretationIssue ManagementProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingDecision Making

Soft Skills

CollaborationInfluenceAttention to DetailExecutive Presence

Certifications & Qualifications

Doctorate Degree in Related Field

Industry Keywords

Residential Mortgage ServicingHigh Net Worth LendingLoss MitigationLoan ModificationsEstate PlanningTrust TypesLLCsLPsCompliance MattersClient Escalations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide legal counsel to multiple Front Line Units regarding residential mortgage loan servicing, including custom mortgage loan products
Advise on products, services, loss mitigation, workouts, loan modifications, and related legal actions
Analyze legal issues and implications concerning consumer banking and wealth management products, services, and regulatory matters
Communicate clear, concise, actionable, and business-informed legal advice, including occasionally to leadership
Interpret rulings, laws, and regulations from compliance and business-control perspectives
Draft, review, and negotiate complex legal documents, including engagement letters, debt agreements, offering documents, and legal opinions
Gather, assess, and evaluate information to make judgments or inferences
Support responses to government agency examinations and investigations, enforcement actions, private complaints, and litigation
Provide legal support for residential mortgage servicing and the wealth management residential mortgage servicing business GCSAG default servicing for Custom mortgage
Support client escalations, daily advice, Dodd-Frank compliance, servicing questions, default-servicing legal and compliance matters, and general legal advice

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Bar Admission in at least one state and good standing
Minimum 7 years of legal/compliance experience in the mortgage industry
Experience with custom residential mortgage loan documentation
Experience with high net worth residential mortgage servicing (desired)
Experience with high net worth mortgage lending, including sales, underwriting, products and programs, and client escalations (desired)
Familiarity with estate planning trust types, LLCs, LPs, and related title vesting issues (desired)
Doctorate degree in a related field
Ability to work 40 hours per week on 1st shift
Legal advisory, legal drafting and writing, regulatory compliance, and interpretation of relevant laws, rules, and regulations
Risk management, critical thinking, decision making, issue management, problem solving, and attention to detail
Collaboration, influence, executive presence, and use of policies, procedures, and guidelines

Benefits

Comp & perks

Affordable, competitive and flexible benefits
Support for physical, emotional, and financial wellness
Opportunities to learn and grow
In-office flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs